Archives for October 2008

Here's a really cool project -- give your HEXBUG a real brain.
Now the real fun begins. Even though the Hexbug’s motion is limited, with the addition of a few simple sensors and some clever programming, it can do remarkable things. For example, a right turn (the only direction the Bug can turn) is accomplished by doing a reverse turn for about 2 seconds. How can it make a left … [Read more...]

Gadget Speak reviews the HEXBUG.
Put to the kiddie test, our 11 and 13 year olds played with them for hours! I thought they might be the sort of thing you open, watch it do a trick or two, and then forget it. However, our kids rapidly turned on their imaginations and started making little maze warrens for them from upturned CD boxes. Having two of them … [Read more...]